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Lorna Fergusson

@lornafergusson.bsky.social
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Author, editor, speaker, writing coach. Runs Fictionfire Literary Consultancy. Awards and shortlists incl Historical Novel Society, Mogford Prize. #shortstories #writing #historical fiction #sense of place

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Lorna Fergusson @lornafergusson.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
@clarefly.bsky.social writes a fascinating guest-post on my blog about how women struggled to access education and recognition at the turn of the 20th century and how this has fed into her new novel, 'The Star of Ceylon.' #amwriting #historicalfiction www.fictionfire.co.uk/blog/2025/6/...
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Women in Academia in the Edwardian Era: the Real-life "Stellas" - author Clare Flynn guest-posts — Fictionfire
I’m delighted to welcome Clare Flynn to the Fictionfire blog. Clare has just published her eighteenth book, The Star of Ceylon . In her novels, she often focuses on the experiences of travellers ...
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Lorna Fergusson @lornafergusson.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Happy Easter! To celebrate, One Morning in Provence is only 0.99 over the Easter weekend. books2read.com/ProvenceMorning
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Alison Morton Author @alisonmorton.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
How to enjoy a productive writing life. Of course, it depends what you mean by 'productive'... 😉 #writinglife alisonmortonauthor.com/2025/03/11/h...
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How to enjoy a productive writing life | Alison Morton Author
Writing as a life choice isn't easy. It's actually a bit mad. But those who have the urge just can't stop. However, everybody will give you advice and I suppose I'm doing the same here. :-) Not advice...
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Flora Alexander @florainthesouth.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
On a cold March day this book is a welcome escape.
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Alison Morton Author @alisonmorton.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Writing isn't a one-way traffic of a writer throwing words out. We need to absorb and integrate the world around us and our experiences of it. @lornafergusson.bsky.social does this brilliantly in her new collection One Morning in Provence. Here's how: alisonmortonauthor.com/2025/02/20/l...
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 04/03/2025
Expect more of this: Australian publisher Black Ink Books tries to rush authors into signing a contract addendum that allows generative AI to train on their works www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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‘Sign our own death warrant’: Australian writers angry after Melbourne publisher asks them to sign AI agreements
Authors were asked to allow Black Inc to use their work for ‘training, testing, validation and the deployment of a machine learning’
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Lorna Fergusson @lornafergusson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
On a rainy day in Britain, grab a moment's escape to the sunny south of France. I'm guesting on @alisonmorton.bsky.social's blog today, talking about my love of France and how sensory images help to transport readers to story locations.
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Lorna Fergusson @lornafergusson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
In January it was a delight to unbox the paperback version of my short stories One Morning in Provence. It made me want to hop on a plane immediately! In February's gloom, the feeling's the same! #holidayreading #bookssetinFrance #France #shortstories #Provence #Dordogne #Loire #Languedoc-Roussillon
Photo of cover of One Morning in Provence by Lorna Fergusson
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Lorna Fergusson @lornafergusson.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Saying a first hello on Bluesky to friends already here and new ones I hope to make! Books, writing, editing, Oxford, Cornwall, France .... Hoping for a less doom-ridden scrolling experience!
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